Friedrich Merz, the presumptive chancellor of Germany, has confirmed he will seek a coalition with the social democratic SPD ...

The crucial question now is which coalition will help Friedrich Merz secure the Chancellorship, and how stable and enduring ...

Triumphant CDU leader hits out at Washington and calls for stronger European security amid attempts to build government.

An alliance between Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the center-left SPD is the only viable path to form a new government ...

After more than three years with Chancellor Olaf Scholz at Germany’s helm, Sunday’s election cemented the country’s lurch to ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the centre-Right Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), has emerged as the winner of Germany’s ...

In German elections Sunday, voters boosted parties on the partisan poles. Patience with faltering attempts to govern from the ...

Social Democratic Party co-leader Klingbeil expects conservative chief Merz to change 'course and tone' before talks to form ...

Young Germans flocked to opposite ends of the political spectrum in the federal election, rejecting the centre.

The Christian Democrat, whose party won the parliamentary elections, quickly began negotiating with the Social Democrats to ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), speaking during a press conference the day after the ...

Financial markets rose on the likelihood of a two-party coalition between the CDU/CSU and the SPD, with Germany's benchmark ...